Jessica DeVoe Riley

Women Who Write 2012 International Poetry & Short Prose Contest http://www.womenwhowrite.com/Submit.html Prose pieces can be fiction or non-fiction and are limited to 3,000 words or less. Winning entries receive publication and the following prizes: 1st: $300 2nd: $200 3rd: $100 Deadline: June 30, 2012 Fees: $12 Extensive entry details at http://www.womenwhowrite.com/Submit.html Online entry portal at: […]

The Gatewood Prize is Switchback Books’ annual competition for a first or second full-length (48-80 pp.) collection of poems by a woman writing in the English language. It is named after Emma Gatewood, the first woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. 2012 Judge: Brenda Shaughnessy Reading Period: April 15-June 15, 2012 Brenda Shaughnessy is a […]

Description of Anthology: There is no essential “Tao” or “way” of parenthood. This literary anthology of personal essays by and about writers of Asian ancestry will try to capture the multitude of perspectives on the impact of Asian culture, heritage, and identity on your experience as a child, on raising children, or on deciding whether […]

Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection, Stay at Home Mothers: An International Perspective Editors: Elizabeth Reid Boyd and Gayle Letherby DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: June 1, 2012! Stay at home mothers and the ‘mommy wars’ are a continuing phenomenon worldwide. This book will be the first international edited collection exploring debates and issues […]

Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection, Performing Motherhood. Co-editors: Amber Kinser, Kryn Freehling-Burton and Terri Hawkes Submission Deadline For Abstracts: June 15, 2012 Scholarly and lay observers alike have long recognized the relationship between everyday life and performance. Some hold to a sharp split between that which is authentic, true, or real, […]

FOR WRITERS DRT Press is accepting submissions of book-length manuscripts for adult non-fiction only. We are transitioning away from being a publisher of adoption books and are instead focusing on books about the experience of parenting children with special needs, particularly “invisible” special needs like ADHD, PDD, FASD, OCD, PBD, and any number of other […]

Wanted: writing about fathers, or by fathers, or both… Literary Mama wants to highlight fatherhood in the month of June, and we always have a particular need for short stories that deal with fatherhood. Quoting from our submission guidelines: June: Father’s Day Month We seek writing that is about fathers from the child’s perspectives; about […]

Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection: Criminalized Mothers: Criminalizing Motherhood Co-editors: Joanne Minaker and Bryan Hogeveen Submission Deadline for Abstracts:June 1, 2012 Alongside the dissemination of toxic neoliberal policies that benefit the richest segments of society, the conditions in which criminalized women mother have eroded. While the affluent savor the fruits of […]

Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Positive 101 Inspirational Stories about Changing Your Life through Positive Thinking After the success of our book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, we are ready to make another book full of stories about how you changed your life, solved a problem, or overcame a challenge […]

FIRST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Wanted: writing about fathers, or by fathers, or both… Literary Mama wants to highlight fatherhood in the month of June, and we always have a particular need for short stories that deal with fatherhood. Quoting from our submission guidelines: June: Father’s Day Month We seek writing that is about fathers from […]

Call for Papers: Mythology and Modern Women Poets: Analysis, Reflection & Teaching Book Publisher: Pending [Proposal under consideration] Contributors needed for book chapters on modern women poets and mythology, including the following topics: The use of myth by modern women poets Myths most commonly appropriated by women poets and critical commentary as to why Critical […]